“People feel that they signed a 2-year contract and then before the contract is over, they’ll get a bill increase,” Anna Goldenberg with the Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission said. “It’s a small amount, generally… but it was not what they felt was included in their contract.”

The commission wants to help customers, but needs the state to work with them.

“We’re seeking help from the attorney general’s office to seek some guidance to help us understand how we can help our cable subscribers,” Goldenberg said.

Local regulators sent Attorney General Ellen Rosenblum a letter saying many customers have complained about new add-on fees to their set rates. Advertised rates reportedly don’t include those additional fees, meaning “the programming package is not actually available at the advertised rate.”

In a statement to KOIN 6 News, Comcast pointed the finger at broadcasters:

“The cost of retransmission imposed by broadcasters continues to increase significantly as do the costs charged by regional sports programmers, and while these fees are increasing they only defray a portion of what we are being charged.”

Rosenblum’s office is aware of the concerns and plans to meet with regulators.

Other cable providers like Frontier and CenturyLink received similar complaints, but Comcast leads the bunch in overall grievances related to rate and fee hikes.